Lyrics

Now you can pick and choose a lot of things
And the ones you do are sure to form life's twists
You can pick your scabs, although that's gross, so gross
You can pick anything you'd like if you've got all your ducks in a row
You can choose just not to understand
Sit down and cower or stand up and fight like a man
All these choices we have at our fingertips
But there's always that one thing we can't escape since we were kids
That my friend is your family

You can try to find yourself another
But you only got one mother
You can try as you want so bad
But you only got one dad
And your brother and your sis
Here until the end I insist
I must
Talking 'bout blood, step or foster you must see
You can pick so many things in this world
But you can't pick your family

And people we meet in this life, some we call our friends
Others are acquaintances, you know it all depends
You can pick your poison on any given day
Buy a round for all my friends, God bless the USA
Choose a supermodel girl to be your wife, she can be your baby
Right after you pick the winning numbers in the big state lottery
You look so cool now driving around that minivan
Carting kids all around town, was this really your plan?
That my friend is your family

You can try to find yourself another
But you only got one mother
You can try as you want so bad
But you only got one dad
And your brother and your sis
Here until the end I insist
I must
Talking 'bout blood, step or foster you must see
You can pick so many things in this world
But you can't pick your family

Oh yeah, nah nah nah

Most of our families' are dysfunctional (functional)
And that's the way that it should be
If you think your family isn't a struggle
Better take those blinders off and see
Oh yeah yeah yeah
That my friend is your family

Now whether you go left or right you can choose how it all goes
Or just sit right there in the middle of the road with a finger up your nose
Wake up in the morning with the option to brush your teeth
Pearly whites or crack street frights, it's your decision I believe
The family that's been blessed upon me is all I ever knew
They may not remember where they come from, but you certainly do
Choose to cherish or choose to fight, we still all are blood
Stick by each other for life you know that we must
That my friend is your family

Now you can try to find yourself another
But you only got one mother
You can try as you want so bad
But you only got one dad
And your brother and your sis
Here until the end I insist
I must
Talking 'bout blood, step or foster you must see
You can pick so many things in this world
But you can't pick your family
Yeah, no
You can pick so many things in this world
But you can't pick your family